350 



HEXANDRIA. TRIGYMA. Rumex* 



—Sea 



Worcestershire. Mr 



Sol way Frith. Lightf. — [Se- 

 . Ballard. — Sides of Ancott 



pool, near Shrewsbury. Mr. Aikin.] 



j 



■ 



•btusifolius. R. Leaves heart-oblong, bluntish, finely notched. 



Curt. I68-L0L k. i. 285. l-Ger. em. 388.3~Park. 1225.4 

 Pet. 2.9-M»»/. but. 68, pbjt IHJ-Ger. 312. 3-J. B. 



ii. 9»5. 1. 



Stem-leaves spear-shaped, pointed. Mr. Woodward. Stems 

 about 2 feet high, furrowed, and set with short white transparent 

 bristles. Leaves curled at the edge, ribs downy ; the upper heart- 

 strap-spear-shaped, the lower ones oval at the end. Leaf-talks 

 shorter than the breadth of the leaves. Fruit-stalk sprinkled near 

 the top with white shining globules. Pedicles surrounded near 

 the base by an indistinct cartilaginous ring. Calyx leaves boat- 



Petals spear-shaped flat, 

 not very evidently toothed : that with the largest gram outer- 

 most when the fruit-stalk bends downwards, and with the longest 

 teeth; none of the teeth equal in length to the diameter of the 



shaped, nearly as long as the petals. 



petal. 



Broad-L 



d Dock. 

 and sides of ditches. 



Amongst rubbish, farm-yards, courts, 



P. July, Aug** 



(5) Flowers hermaphrodite; valves without leads. 





dig/niis, R. Styles 2. 



Fl. dan. U-Plul. 252. 2-/7. ox. v. 36. row 3.f. 3-Pet. 3. 4* 



Flower cloven into 4, consisting of a calyx of 2 leaves, and 

 a blossom of 2 petals. Germen compressed. Seed 2-edged, com- 

 pressed. Linn. Stem naked. Leaves kidney-shaped, slightly 

 and irregularly notched ; on long leaf-stalks. Valves roundish, 

 jtinged with red, membranaceous. Mr. Woodward. 



Acetosa rotundi/oHa, £ffr. R. Syn. 143. Mountain Dock. 

 Welsh Sorrel. Mountains of Wales, Yorkshire, Westmoreland, 

 Cumberland. Rocks by the sides of rivulets from the Highland 

 mountains, and Isles of Rum and Skye. [On walls at Tortworth. 

 Mr. Baker. About Keswick. "Mr. Robson.] P. May — July* 



(6) Male and female flowers on distinct plants. 

 Accto sa, R. Leaves oblong arrow-shaped. 



Sheldr. 57~E. hot. \T(-Black<w. 23Q-Wo*d<v. 69~Pari. 

 7*2. left hand figure ;-Pet. 3. 1-Fuchs. 464-7>*f • 315 



* Fallow Deer eat both this and the R. acutus with avidity, biting it 



close to the root, so that it is very rare to see a Dock, growing ia * P*** 



